Road 5 Ruka, Rukatunturi
Ruka, Kuusamo, Finland
Looks up at Rukatunturi fell; resort lights at its foot, sky in the top half; B/W at night.
Northern lights tonight in Kuusamo
Live hourly aurora score for Kuusamo, Finland: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.
North Ostrobothnia, Finland, 65.97°N 29.18°ERovaniemi guide
Nearest webcams
Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.Rukan Huippu panorama camera
Ruka, Kuusamo, Finland
Summit panorama camera at the Ruka ski resort in Kuusamo.
Road 5 Kuusamo, Kitka lake
Lake Kitka, Kuusamo, Finland
Lake Kitka with a wide sky, but it faces roughly south; a wiper arm sometimes crosses the view.
Hotel Lapin Satu – LIVE 24/7 Northern Lights & Sky Cam
Posio, Finnish Lapland
24/7 sky stream from the hotel roof; shows the midnight sun in summer.
Road 82 Joutsijärvi
Joutsijärvi, Kemijärvi, Finland
Forest edge and distant fells on the road to Salla; about half the frame is sky; B/W at night.
Road 944 Lautasalmi
Lautasalmi, Kemijärvi, Finland
Lake Kemijärvi with a small islet and a big open sky; infrared B/W at night.
Pyhä north slopes panorama camera
Pyhätunturi, Finland
Panorama camera over the north slopes of Pyhätunturi fell.
Apukka Resort Live Cam
Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland
Year-round stream from a glass-igloo resort; the operator does not allow commercial use.
Live @ Santa Claus Village
Santa Claus Village, Rovaniemi, Finland
Stream from the village on the Arctic Circle; the square is lit, so only bright auroras show.
Northern lights in Kuusamo: what to expect
- Latitude
- 65.97° N
- Magnetic latitude
- 62.6°
- Kp needed
- 2+
- Clear-night chance
- ~44%
Kuusamo lies at 65.97° N in North Ostrobothnia, Finland, about 66 km south of the Arctic Circle. Its geomagnetic latitude of about 62.6° is just south of the usual auroral oval. Aurora is seen on many active nights, often low in the northern sky, and the oval's edge reaches this far south from about Kp 2. A dark, clear night has roughly a 44% chance of some aurora.
Nights with at least two hours of real darkness run from late August to mid-April. Around midsummer the sun does not set at all (mid-June to late June), and the light nights either side rule out aurora. Around the winter solstice the sun is more than 12° below the horizon for about 15.5 hours a day.
Clouds decide most nights. The hourly score above uses the live cloud forecast for this exact spot; for trip planning, the Rovaniemi guide (166 km away) covers the best months and clear-night odds for the wider region.
Coordinates: Wikipedia. Magnetic latitude, Kp and darkness are calculated from them; the clear-night chance is a long-term average, not a forecast.